The Transvaal War. Another Boer Repulse. London, Oct. 24
Colonel Baden Powell made a sortie in an armoured train, and encountered the Boets. The latter attacked the train, but were repulsed with heavy loss…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1899
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War News
THE possibility of foreign complications is occasioning some anxiety in England.—There are signs that the Imperial Government intends to mobilise the reserve fleet…
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Orders have been issued for the mobilization of British crusiers, pro fears are entertained that before many weeks have elapsed there will be grave comptications with other…
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MAJOR GENERAL SIR WILLIAM PENN SYMONS, who was shot in the groin at the Impati Hill fight on the 20th October, is dead. He was 57 years of age…
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THREE [?]adulla volunteers, who volunteered fur active service, and withdraw, have been called on to resign from the corps…
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A MAGNIFICENT act of Boer bravery is reported to have occurred during the battle of Elandslaagte on Saturday, the 21st ult. It appears that when the fire from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Transvaal War. a British Reverse. Surrender of 42 Officers and 1600 Men. London, Oct. 31
It is officially announced by the War Office that the second battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, the second battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, and the…
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THE New South Wales contingent left Sydney by the Aberdeen yesterday afternoon. Of the Kiama Company only two wont (Privates Grey and P. Prior)…
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IT is now officially announced that the Infantry force under Lieutenant-Colonel Carletou, which capitulated to the Boers on Monday, the 30th ult., consisted of six…
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A CABLEGRAM dated Thursday last says that the railway bridge across the Tugela River, 20 miles south of Ladysmith is being strongly guarded in order to prevent…
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THE Aberdeen and White Star line steamer Nineveh arrived at Capetown from England on Thursday, the 2nd inst. with the New South Wales Lancers…
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Speaking at the Inkerman banquet in London the other night Field Marshall Lord Wolsley, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, said that the Boers…
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ALTHOUGH no official report of Thursday's battle, which took place on Tatham's Farm, near Besters, has yet come to hand, a circumstantial account has been obtained…
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IT is reported that the Boers lost 800 main in an engagement near Besters, west of Ladysmith, on Thursday, 2nd inst.—the enemy were again defeated near…
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It is feared that the long artillery duel, which has been waged at Ladysmith, has caused Major-General Sir G. S. White, the Commander-in-Chief in Natal, to run short…
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A CABLEGRAM dated London, Thursday afternoon, says:—It is feared that the long artillery duel at Ladysmith has resulted in the stores of ammunition for the naval…
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A number of Boers living in Western Transvaal are preparing to migrate to German South-west Africa. Generals Methuan and Gatacre,…
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LATEST reports state that the bombardment of Ladysmith has been resumed by the Boers.—The irresponsive attitude of the Cape Dutch is said to be hampering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War and Blood a World's Challenge. Bile Beans Stand Unrivalled the World Over As the Remedy of the Age. They Do More Than Relieve Temporarily. They Cure for Keeps. the Proprietors Challenge Anyone to Produce As Good a Medicine at Ten Times the Cost
SOME people think that it is an utter impossibility to produce a comedy, such as Bile Beans, at 1s 1 1½d per box and some of our competitors claim…
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